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groups resource endpoint

URL: /groups/<id>.<format>

Supported Methods

GET Get basic information about the selected group.

Resource Type

This endpoint returns an object of type Group.

avatarLink (ImageLink): A link to an image representing this group.
displayName (string): The display name set by the group's owner.
id (string): A URI that serves as a globally unique identifier for the object.
objectType (string): A keyword describing the type of this object. For a group object, objectType will be Group.
objectTypes (set<string>): (Deprecated) An array of object type identifier URIs.
siteUrl (string): The URL to the front page of the group website.
tagline (string): A tagline describing the group, as set by the group's owner.
urlId (string): A string containing the canonical identifier that can be used to identify this object in URLs. This can be used to recognise where the same user is returned in response to different requests, and as a mapping key for an application's local data store.

Client Library Methods for PHP

Get basic information about the selected group.

$tp->groups->get(array(

    # Required Parameters
    "id" => $id,

))

Property Endpoints

This endpoint has the following property endpoints:

memberships	Get a list of relationships between users and the selected group.
events	Get a list of events describing actions performed in the selected group.
photo-assets	Get a list of recently created Photo assets from the selected group.
video-assets	Get a list of recently created Video assets from the selected group.
audio-assets	Get a list of recently created Audio assets from the selected group.
link-assets	Returns a list of recently created Link assets from the selected group.
post-assets	Get a list of recently created Post assets from the selected group.

Action Endpoints

This endpoint has the following action endpoints:

remove-member	Remove a given user as a member of the selected group.
unblock-user	Remove the block preventing the given user from joining the selected group.
add-member	Add a given user as a member of the selected group.
block-user	Block the given user from joining the selected group, removing that user as a member in the process.

Example Request

GET /groups/6p012877b14c77970c.json HTTP/1.1
Host: api.typepad.com

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 275

{
   "urlId": "6p012877b14c77970c",
   "objectType": "Group",
   "objectTypes": [
      "tag:api.typepad.com,2009:Group"
   ],
   "id": "tag:api.typepad.com,2009:6p012877b14c77970c",
   "siteUrl": "http://devin.example.com/",
   "displayName": "Devin's Awesome Site"
}